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(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 583: Framing Urban Disorder

June 17, 2026

This week we’re joined by Ryan Puzycki, who writes at The City of Yes. We have a discussion on urban disorder, how it manifests, and how to address the upstream impacts instead of when it’s too late. We also talk about enforcing norms and the impacts of media on our perceptions. Listen to this episode

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(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 582: A Latent Hazard Activated by Conflict

June 10, 2026

This week we’re joined by Professor Eric Dumbaugh of Florida Atlantic University to share his new paper on Land Use and Road Safety: Understanding the Persistence of Vulnerable Road User Deaths and Injuries in the United States. We discuss the connections between the siting of destinations and deaths of vulnerable road users as well as

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